Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg .
2 The fire died down and the embers became grey ashes , the forest around them became full of noises as the creatures of the night resumed possession of it , but Marian , Allen and Hugh slept on until well after dawn .
3 ‘ They 've forced me to sit cross-legged for hours leaning against a wall with my fingertips . ’
4 The main reason I became involved in birds of prey was to teach them to hunt for me — and of course for themselves — so a goshawk is a must for the near future .
5 Before I became involved in business , I really had very few goals — with the result that I did n't get very far .
6 In leaving home I became involved in student union politics , particularly round the issue of overseas students .
7 Being aware of the stress and pressure that many people and their families experience when AIDS or HIV is first diagnosed , I became involved in counselling .
8 Being aware of the stress and pressures that many people and their families experience with AIDS or HIV is first diagnoses , I became involved in counselling .
9 ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus .
10 I became tired with Ramon and his canvases and drinking and cursing , it all seemed so trivial .
11 When I became ill , I became obsessed with exercise at the same time .
12 I became old in instants and everything today is bland and lucid .
13 It was through her that I became interested in life .
14 Some twenty-five years later , when I became interested in hypnosis and then in regression therapy , I began to wonder whether my earlier fascination was because I had actually lived in Tudor times .
15 I became homeless in London so I got on a train and ended up here ; that 's all there is to it , really . ’
16 Then I became allergic to Durex so I went back on the Pill , a different one .
17 I became aware of eddies of cold air .
18 It was during this incident that I became aware of Husseys Hatches , as the Fire Brigade used the water from one of these , nearly opposite the Brown Street Baptist Church .
19 My hon. Friend will also know that as part of ’ Defence for the 90s ’ we are reviewing the scope of naval support , although as I made clear in July , there will be a continuing naval presence at Portland .
20 As I made clear in July and as the Lord Chancellor made clear , the provision of green form legal aid will be withdrawn when other services are available , but not until then .
21 As an historian I know how valuable a commodity — and I mean valuable in terms of hard cash — it ought to be in these days when the whole of life , our own present as well as the past , seems to reach us pre-packaged in the form of interviews and telly-probe .
22 However , whilst I remain suspicious of Hick 's cosy position , it may be possible to accept that there is something approaching a common theistic structure among a number of the world 's religious traditions .
23 Normally I am a good sleeper , but that New Year 's Night I lay awake for hours , with cold , sexual fantasy or worry .
24 She adds : ‘ I lay awake at nights wondering whether I was going to be honest .
25 At night when I lay awake in bed , vast processions passed along in mournful pomp ; friezes of never-ending stories … ’
26 Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock .
27 I can remember the first time I got drunk on Scotch .
28 I got drunk on rhum by myself at the Rotonde and ran up and down the streets crying and ringing bells and saying ‘ Save me from this man ! ’
29 He was transferred to London , I got married to Stephen , and we lost touch . ’
30 I got married in Newbridge just a a little village on the Currane .
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